Please help, Dr. BHB(Update in OP & PG13)

I just want to start by saying that I normally have a very high pain tolerance, but this is, without a doubt, the most pain I have ever been in.

All day Saturday my neck was a little stiff on the right side, I just figured I slept on it wrong. Whatever, it happens, nothing I can't deal with.

Then, this morning when I wake up I am in so much pain I can't move. I had to wake my husband up to go get our LO, because every time I tried to sit up the pain was so intense I saw double. I'm almost convinced I need to go to the ER, which is out of the ordinary because I almost always put off going to the doctor.

Honestly, the best way I can explain it is whiplash. I can't turn my head to either side. But if I even try to move my right arm it hurts all the way up to the top of my neck.

My sister said it sounds like a torn muscle, and to go the doctor so they can give me some pain medicine. I'm hesitant because I'm still breastfeeding, and I try to avoid as much medication as possible.

I have been doing hot and cold compresses, and it barely makes a difference, just makes it bearable for a little while.

Should I go to my doctor or just suck it up and hope it goes away soon?

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Okay, so I just got back from the Urgent Care a little bit ago. After I was admitted it took them almost 2 hours to come get me.

Anyways, the doctor told me I have torticollis after spending 5 minutes in the room with me. I'm not very reassured though. At first he told me to stop ibuprfen because it wasn't safe for lactating women. Then he left the room for about 10 minutes, came back and told me to take ibuprofen and tylenol alternating every 4 hours. I told him none of the OTC I was taking was helping, and that I didn't feel comfortable taking so much ibuprofen because polycystic kindey disease runs in my family. He told me it would be fine for a few more days, but he couldn't give me anything else because nothing else is safe for breastfeeding women.

He gave me almost no direction, other then telling me to try and turn my neck and take a lot of pills. (Way more then I am comfortable taking) I asked him if there was any specific stretches or anything I should be doing to help recover faster, and he said there was nothing he could do. I ask if there was any tests he could do to confirm this diagnosis, and he said there was none.

So, I'm just hoping that my normal doctor will take me seriously. In the meantime, DH went out and got me some pizza and Starbucks to make me feel better. I actually got more information from the tiny piece of paper that the doctor sent home then the actual doctor gave me. I thought I would post it.

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I was still nursing when I had gallbladder surgery- you bet your ass I took my pain pills. If you're in pain, take something for it. They do specific tests to make sure they don't pass through the milk, we wouldn't be prescribed them if they were unsafe.

Line-dried: Shit. I've actually been having flu like symptoms for the past week. I was sick all last week, so sick I could barely get out of bed.I haven't been running a fever, but I always feel like I am.